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markieesq
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Some Text Is Unreadable

I ordered my copy from Amazon and received it on Saturday.  I was really looking forward to this book.  It contains wonderful color pictures of watches and movements grouped according to the watch maker.  Now here is the problem.

There is much text written about the watch makers from the time they were young boys and what got them interested in watches.  That text (which is the majority of the text in the book) is displayed in white text over a golden brown colored page.  To make matters worse the text is displayed on each page in a half circle to simulate the face of a watch.  On every other page the text is placed over a graphic of a watch movement.  While this is nice and "artsy", it is impossible to read the text without straining.  Also if the light that you are reading under is at a certain angle, it is impossible to even read the text.  The graphic designer failed miserably in the design of this book.

Yesterday, I contacted the publisher by telephone and email above these issues.

As much as I really love this book, the graphic distractions out weigh the fantastic content in the book itself.